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I hear this many times and am truly not disagreeing with you. However, there are times when I have to stop in the snow on an incline. This may be from a light or just good ole Pennsylvania traffic. I know that when I take off, feel some wheels spin a little and see the traction light, that it was mainly the quattro in my A6 that got me moving. I know that me in my C32 would have to tell the driver behind me to move so I can coast down the hill and try to get a running start. Of course I have performance tires on the AMG and regular tires on the A6, but I think with evenly matched tires there will be times when only the quattro will suffice.
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When I was younger I too did not care about tires. I simply was ignorant and did not know any better. I honestly thought that a winter tire was a tire with enough tread to see Lincoln’s head. I cannot even tell you what tires I had on my first 10 cars. I simply do not know. I too was not sure why so many people struggled in winter driving. After all I always managed just fine. My second and probably most warmly remembered car was 1980 Pontiac Grand Prix. It had a dead suspension and some non-OE extra wide racing rims and tires. The tires were bald and if I had to guess they likely were summer tires. However, after I got into road racing, I began to learn, among other things, about tires. I’ve been using winter tires for about 5 years and I will NEVER go back. Many of my friends and family members had switched to winter tires too. And I keep getting thank yous after major winter storms. Not all winter tires are made equal. Few years back I went to winter racing school with some friends. I was running RSi and a friend was running M3. I had fun and he kept getting stuck.
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Great advice in this thread -- use dedicated snow tires all winter on your AMG if you live in an area prone to snow and will drive in it. There is no choice and no option. That said, I´ve done fine with my C43 and C55 in the winter with snow tires, never as well as my wife´s four wheel drive but, well enough to get along. My quaife lsd will be installed by the time I return from south america. I let you know if that, along with snow tires, helps in the snow. I suspect it will.
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04' C32 AMG & 90' TT 300ZX
Great advice in this thread -- use dedicated snow tires all winter on your AMG if you live in an area prone to snow and will drive in it. There is no choice and no option. That said, I´ve done fine with my C43 and C55 in the winter with snow tires, never as well as my wife´s four wheel drive but, well enough to get along. My quaife lsd will be installed by the time I return from south america. I let you know if that, along with snow tires, helps in the snow. I suspect it will.
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2002 C32 amg, 1998 328i
Nitto SN2
In Des Moines , we tend to get alot of snow/ice/sleet mixture. I put on Kunmho exctas M/S and they were little better than my old Continental Contac2. A BMW didnt pick up a pair of nittos so I had the dealer put those on and all I can say is damn they make a diff. On a 0 degree day the rubber is still pliable to the hand. I cant find any info on these though, even on Nitto.com Can someone post some links?
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I hear this many times and am truly not disagreeing with you. However, there are times when I have to stop in the snow on an incline. This may be from a light or just good ole Pennsylvania traffic. I know that when I take off, feel some wheels spin a little and see the traction light, that it was mainly the quattro in my A6 that got me moving. I know that me in my C32 would have to tell the driver behind me to move so I can coast down the hill and try to get a running start. Of course I have performance tires on the AMG and regular tires on the A6, but I think with evenly matched tires there will be times when only the quattro will suffice.
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02 C32 AMG; 06 Subaru Legacy Wagon
Two Words: Winter Car (as in get one). F the snow tires....spend a bit more and get a beater car. You'll never regret it.
I'm on my third Winter Car in 11 years and I love it. This is by far the best one; 2006 Subaru Legacy Wagon.
The Subaru's rock....unstoppable in the the snow. I had a 97 before this and it was cheap. Maintenance is low.
Honda Civic's are good winter cars as well (had one of those first)
I'm on my third Winter Car in 11 years and I love it. This is by far the best one; 2006 Subaru Legacy Wagon.
The Subaru's rock....unstoppable in the the snow. I had a 97 before this and it was cheap. Maintenance is low.
Honda Civic's are good winter cars as well (had one of those first)
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C55 is my DD car. I bought it because I want to enjoy my driving experience – EVERYDAY. Garaging it is a waste of money and defeats the purpose of buying it in the first place. C55 is NOT a summer only car. If it is for you – you might want to reconsider – get an Audi and call it a day. I have 2 fun cars. I have a fully prepped S4 as a racecar and a fully prepped Disco1 as a wheeler/expedition/hunter. My Disco can go anywhere in winter (you can actually see its tire in the pic), but I use C55.
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#39
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I had an incident recently where I had to go up a long hill and the road was slick. Traffic was moving very slow, so I slowed my speed down to give myself enough space so that I could get a running start and not have to worry about a car in front of me stopping on the hill. A couple days ago, I was going to take the same route, but the roads had a lot more ice on them so I took a different way to avoid that hill. The C32 isn't a 4x4, and of course there can be times when it just isn't a feasible option to drive it. I'm just saying there are plenty of times when it's not as bad as people make it out to be.